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[BatRep] Apoc - The Defense of CH22 - Chapter 3

"Forward ya gitz!!! Smash inta da towerz and
wreck da place up! We's don need no bika boss ta tellz us how ta destroy
stuff." The Big Mek was now in full command after wrestling the infighting Orks
back under his command. With renewed vigour the Orks barrelled into the bastion,
their Deff-Rollas making short work of the defences and anything else that stood
in their way. "We's gonna care em' up and serve em' to our squiqs lads! Send
the Deffkoptas in and drop da bombs on der headz!" Overhead the swooping,
banging sounds of the Koptas carried forth on black smoke. Dropping their bombs
directly over the bastion and sending soldiers and Astartes flying for cover. "BWAHAHAHAH!! Dis is what fightin' is about lads!"

"Well met Brother Captain, I am the
Commander of the Space Wolf force. My Long Fangs and I have engaged the Night
Lord Terminators on the right flank. Begin diverting your forces to the left
flank to help solidify our position."

"Acknowledged, Commander. Battle
tactica and grid/squad assignments are available for upload from this link.
Raven Guard out." Now that the pleasantries were dealt with, the Raven Guard
commander had to focus on sealing the breach. Only the Devastator Gatehouse
remained, the Astartes uncompromising and unwilling to surrender it to the
greenskins.

The Night Lord Champion is nigh
unstoppable

--------------------- "My Lord, our champion has destroyed
the Raven Guard Raider, but it appears that it does not carry the archeo-tech we
seek, He is now engaging their infernal Librarian and gives you his personal
assurance that their psychic interference will hinder you no more." "Excellent.
Begin preparations for the final to this damnable concerto. Have the Havocs
maintained their position?" "Affirmative my Lord." "The end comes swiftly for
these fools and the puppets of the corpse god." Nearby, a raging battle was
taking place between all that remained of the Night Lord Berserkers. Their
champion stood alone against the Raven Guard psyker and his bodyguard.

The Orks are first into the
breach

"You will DIE here psyker! I will ensure your
corpse is not recognisable and your geneseed turned to a pathetic slurry before
your second heart stops beating this day!" The Librarian and Champion slammed
into one another, force sword and power axe singing off one another in an opera
of death. The Librarian lunged forward seeing his opportunity flash before him
but at the last moment, the Champion bent underneath him and rammed the power
axe into his psychic hood, tearing the skin and bone from the Librarian's face.
But victory did not come soon enough, for the Raven Guard bodyguard, enraged at
the death of the leader, descended upon him and soon all was darkness, and he
would soon be at the Throne of Khorne, his lifetime spent in servitude to his
dark god.

Stand and
Fight!

-----------------------------

The Devastators
Hold

"Commander Xiev, the Orks have breached our
defenses and the Astartes veterans have fallen to the large bikers that remain.
We must seal the breach!" "Send for the armoured columns, and tell them don't
stop firing until every Ork is dead!!." But before the columns of Armour could
move, a deep heavy rumbling passed through the earth, knocking supply stations
and soldiers to the ground. A Space Wolf super heavy had joined the battle and
moved forward, eager to plug the holes left in the battleline. Disgorging its
payload, more Terminators. In deep voices, the Terminators stepped forward.
"We will hold the Renegades at bay. Relocate your Armour to the right flank and
lay the traitor marines to waste. We shall not falter in our duty to hold the
line." And to lend credit to his words, his brethren filled the holes in the
bastion as swarms of Orks began running through, their bodies began to pile high
as the relentless assault of the Terminators took a high toll on the Ork forces,
filling the breach with their own dead.---------------------------------------

The Right
Flank

"My Lord, at last a priority target has appeared
within the bastion!" The Night Lord Sorcerer grimaced, this is what they had
been waiting for. This charade of an alliance could now come to and end and
they could focus on their objective. "Send word to the Havocs, engage the
monstrosity and bring it down!! We must make our way within the bastion. I
will hold the Raven Guard Terminators and the Sons of Russ at bay."

"Commander, our forces have incurred heavy losses,
only I remain of all of our Brothers." The Runepriest was all that remained of
the left flank Space Wolf contingent. His brothers lay piled around him, his
anger fuelled at the thought that their geneseed would not be recovered. This
foray had cost the Wolves dearly, and he would not fall until he had reaped a
heavy toll on the Renegade forces.

He had been battling long and
hard, and to make matters worse, his warding stave had been responsible for
holding the Demon Prince's powers at bay, a terrible drain on his energy.
Another group of Berserkers tore towards him, and with a flash of power, he
tore the world underneath them again and again, his mental faculties near the
limit, even for his gene enhanced body.

"Excellent, EXCELLENT! More
sacrifices for the Blood God, the ritual is nearing completion. The fools have
are all playing their parts nicely. Little puppets in our grand show to the
Powers that Be!" The Renegades had just finished dispatching the Raven Guard
artillery and their Techmarine crew, supplemented by their bolstered reserves of
Lesser Demons. There was only one more dreaded piece left to destroy and the
right flank would surely be theirs. To the East, the Demon Prince was reaping a
horrifying amount of souls, none could stand in his path and survive. The
Wolves had kept his powers from manifesting on this plane, but no matter, he
knew that he had to drive forward, and his next target would be the last
remnants of the bastard Sons of Russ, within the Bastion itself. This is part 3 to an apocalypse game played between 6 players, written as a narrative to both make it easier to document and enhance the overall feel of the battle. The rest will be broken into 5 chapters, 1 per game turn and will include all the pictures of the battle as well. Enjoy it, we certainly did. - Scribed, written and embelished by my friend dmielken and posted originally on his blog Stalking Among Shadows

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